picasso
Picasso’s “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” sold at Christie’s ‘Spring Masterpieces’ auction for $106.5 Million, the most money ever paid for a piece of art. The home where it had hung is noteworthy as well.
andy goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy’s show at Galerie Lelong, New York Dirt Water Light, consists of “photographs, sculpture and videos made exclusively in New York City” showing “debris, a passersby, and the interplay of natural and artificial light—demonstrating the artist’s broad, compelling understanding of nature.”
Andy Goldsworthy
New York Dirt Water Light
Galerie Lelong
528 West 26th Street
May 6 – June 19
virginia martinsen
Virginia Martinsen shows at ATM Gallery.
stephanie winters
Stephanie Winters, a prominent cellist and patron of the arts, was interviewed on April 23 by Harry Allen on his WBAI show “Nonfiction.” Listen to it here.
michel francois
Bortolami is a pretty cool space. See Michel Francois’s show there before it closes on May 1st.
convent of saint cecilia
HELL, NO! opens Friday at The Convent of Saint Cecilia in Williamsburg.
21 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY
Hours: Open Friday, April 30, 2010, 7-11 p.m.; May 1, 12-8 p.m., May 2, 12-6 p.m., Friday, May 7, 2010 7-11 p.m., May 8, 12-8 p.m., May 9, 12-6 p.m.
christopher payne
Christopher Payne, a 2008 NYFA Photography Fellow, will be discussing and signing his monograph Asylum, Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals, this Thursday at Barnes & Noble.
Barnes & Noble
86th & Lexington
150 East 86th Street
Thursday, April 29th at 7pm
wendy white
Wendy White, an artist known for such things as “multiple canvases configured to read as a whole, aggressive line work, acrid colors, and a generous helping of black paint” has a show opening tonight at Leo Koenig, Inc. Her work is pretty rad.
exit through the gift shop
Banksy’s film, Exit Through The Gift Shop, is now showing in select cities, and is awesome.
simon hantai
Simon Hanati, a painter who was best known for applying paint to folded canvases, is being shown at the Paul Kasmin Gallery.